show archive template based on post category

  • Resolved BSK

    (@vdsn)


    15 years ago

    ok, i hope this makes sense!

    on “page 1”, i have a page template set to show all categories & posts, and have a custom sidebar.

    on “page 2” i have a separate page template setup to show only posts from a certain category, and show a different custom sidebar.

    problem is, when you click into a post on “page 2”, it shows the archive page from “page 1” including page 1’s sidebar.

    basically what i’m trying to do is show a certain archive template based on the post category. is this possible?

    thanks!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    A link to your site would probably help to clarify the problem.

    Thread Starter BSK

    (@vdsn)

    hi esmi – the content for “page 2” is not published yet.

    the site is here.

    https://resources.lsaweb.com/

    I’ve created a separate page (page 2) that only shows posts from one category and shows a different sidebar. the only thing i’m stuck on is when you click into a post on page 2, it shows the default archive page (with the wrong sidebar). How can tweak archive.php to show the correct page template based on the category?

    thanks!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    Can you confirm that your post links are leading to an archive page? Or did you mean single post page?

    Thread Starter BSK

    (@vdsn)

    ah, yes it is a single post page (single.php).

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    I think using the in_category conditional in single.php would help. Something like:

    <?php
if( in_category('B') ) get_sidebar('b');
else get_sidebar();
?>

    where B is the name of your special category and your custom sidebar is called sidebar-b.php.

    Thread Starter BSK

    (@vdsn)

    thanks so much! i’ll give this a shot and let you know if it works.

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